Vehicle wheel-rim.



J. A. ANGLADA.

VEHICLE WHEEL mm.

' APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4, 1910. A I

Patented May 5, 1914.

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VEHICLE WHEEL RIM.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4, 1910.

1,095,771. Patented May 5, 1914.

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//V Ell/TOR W ATTORNEY gram oEEIc- JOSEPH A. ANGLALA, OF .NEW' YORK, N. in, AssIGNoR, BY MESN ASSIGNMENTS, 'ro UNIVERSAL RIM COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

VEHICLE WHEEL-RIM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented-May 5, 1914.

Application filed June 4, 1910. Serial No. 564,940.

felly Ofthe wheel,'and for disengagement from the tire, the rim and its tire being capable Of removal from the wheel without the deflation of the tire. It also provides novel means for positioning the rim by uniting and alining its split ends when in service, and also for excluding dirt-and moisture at the point where they are most likely to enter the tire casing of tires carried by demountable rims of the wedge fastening type, namely, at the point where the valve stem passes through the rim and felly.

Other objects of my invention'embodying novel features of structural advantagejare also present, as will appear from'the following description. In the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification, Figure 1 is an elevation of a vehicle wheel equipped with my device; Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line II-II of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a .view of the transversely split rim looking downwardly,the uniting and alining means carried by the felly being shown in section; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side, elevation of a modification in which the tire-carrying rim is transfversely split throughthedriving lug; Fig."'5, is a view of the rim with this modification, looking upward, Le. radially outward, and Fig.. 6 is a similar view in which the rim is transversely split through in a line passing through the driving lug, the hole therein. 7

Referring to the drawin s in detail, the numeral 1 designates a we iclewheel having the felly 2, to which is rigidly fastened the felly band 3 carrying the driving plates 4, 4 which engage the driving lug 5 carried by the removable rim 6 On which is supported the tire 7. The rim is split transversel at 8, preferably on a diagonal line and pre erably at a point oppositeth'e valve hole 18,

' therethrough, as shown in Fig. 3'. The rim carries on either side of the split the pins 9 which engage the alining and uniting lugs 10 on the felly band. These lugs are cut away at. 11, having a rounded face 12, so that when the tire carrying rim is forced home by the wedges securing it to the felly,

the pins will be driven against the alining and uniting lugs and will be seated against thelr curved faces, providingfor the alinmg and uniting of the ends of the split rim.

In my preferred form of construction for preventing" the entrance of foreign substances into the tire by the hole 15 in the felly, or by the'hole. in the driving lug, through which-the valve stem 13 passes, I make use of a valve stem-cap 14 passing completely through the felly andfelly band,

and adapted to seat against the driving lug,

the hole in the felly being made sufiiciently large to permit of the removal of the tirecarrying rim and tire in the usual manner. Wedge members 16 are provided for clam 'ing the tire-carrying rim to the felly band of the wheel, and bolts and nuts 19- are providedfor locking these wedges in position. In that form of my invention illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, the rim and driving lug are split along the diagonal line.17. This split-preferably passes to one side of the valve stem hole in the driving lug, but may pass through the hole, as shown in. Fig. 6,

which construction has in some cases certain advantages. I

The operation of myv device is as follows: The loosening of the nuts 19 permits the withdrawal of the wedges, thus allowing the emoval as a unit of the tire and tire-carrymg rim in the usual manner of demountable-rims. In. order most readily to accomplish this, the portion of the tire-carrying rim 0 posite the valve stem is 'first moved latera ly out of engagement with the felly band,and the pins carried thereby, and the rim and tire-are then lifted upwardly as a unit from thefwheel, the valve cap being withdrawn upwardly through the felly. The removal of the pins from engagement with the lugs, in thetype shown in Fig. 3, or of the'split driving lug from the driving plates in Figs. 4 and 5, followed by removal from the wheel, frees the ends of the rim and permits the tire-carrying rim to be telescoped at the point whereit is split, the

overlapping of the ends thus obtained causing a decrease in diameter sufiicient to permit the tire .to be readily removed from the rim, whether the tire is of the extensible or inextensible bead type. To mount the tirecarryingrimin place on the telly, the rim is first placed thereon with its driving lug or part betweenthe driving projections on rim is seated in place by-thewedges.

My invention is susceptible of various em bodiments in structural modification of the elements illustrated.

Having thus'des'cribed and illustrated my invention, I claim:

1. In combination, in a vehicle wheel, 'a-

transversely split tire-carrying rim, a wheel member, means for unlting and alimng the ends of saidrim includingprojections on each side of the split in said rim engaging lugs on said fixed Wheel member, and means fordetachably securing said rim; to said wheel member actin positively to stress said rim and there y lock said uniting means. j

2. In combination, in a vehicle wheel, a wheel member, a tire-carrying rim split transversely on a plane oblique to the major plane'of the wheel, means for uniting the ends of said tire-carrying member including projections on. one of said members engaging positioning means on the other, and means. for detachably securing said tirecarrying member to said wheel member act ing positively to stress said tire-carrying member and thereby lock said uniting means.

3. In combination, in a vehicle Wheel, a tire-carrying rim split transversely on a plane oblique to the major plane of the wheel and including a radius, means for uniting and alining the ends of said rim including projections on each side of the split in said rim engaging lugs on said fixed heel member, and means for detachably securing said rim to said Wheel member acting.

positively to stress said rim and thereby lock said uniting means.

4:. A vehicle wheel felly having spaced driving projections on its band, in combinaeeann tion with a flanged tire carrying'rim loosely fitted to said band, a driving lug on the inner periphery of said rim and fitting between said projections, said rim and lug being transversely split, wedge members spaced upon said felly, between the same and said rim, and. means for tightening said wedge members, for the purpose described.

5. "A vehicle wheel felly having spaced driving projections 'on its hand, in combination with a flanged tire-carrying rim loosely fitted to said band, a driving lug on the inner periphery of said rim and fitting between said projections, said rim and lug being transversely split, one end of said rim and one part of said lug containing a valve stem hole, Wedge-members spaced upon said felly, between the same and said rim, and means for tightening said Wedge members, for th'e' purpose described.

6. A transversely split integrally flanged tire-carrying demountable rim, in=combinationwith a two-part driving lug fixed on the inner periphery of the rim, the parts thereof being in abutment at the split in the rim, for the purpose described.

7 ."A tire-carrying demountable-rim transversely split at one point in its circumference, in combination with driving parts fixed in abutting relation upon respective ends of the rim, for thepurpose described.

8. transversely split tire-carrying demountable rim, in combination with a twopart driving lug fixed on the inner periphery of the rim, the parts of said lug being in abutting relation at the split of the rim and one said part and rim end containing a valve stem hole, for the purpose described.

9. A transversely split tire-carrying demountable rim, in combination with a driving lug fixed upon the inner periphery of sald rim, said rim and lug containing a valve stem hole and said rim and lug being transversely split, for the purposes described.

10. An integrally flanged tire-carrying demountable rim transversely and diagonally split at one point in its circumference, in

combination with a two-part driving lug fixed on the inner periphery of said rim, the pa'rts of said lug being in abutting relation at the split in the rim, for the purposes described.

JOSEPH A. ANGLADA.

Witnesses:

@Livnn WILLIAMs, SEWARD DAVIS. 

